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GAR COUPLING. No. 301,651. Patented Juy 8, 1884.

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SILAS H. "WEEKS, OF RUSSELL, KENTUOKY,'AND JOSEPH J. HSENAUER,

OF IRONTON, OHIO.

oAR-CouPLlNo.

.' SPEUIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 301,651, dated July 8, 1884.

A pplcaion filed January 1E, 1884. (No model.)

To LZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that We, Sinks H. Wenns an JOSEPH J. HASENAUER, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Russell, in

5 the count-yora Greenup and State of Kentucky, and at Ironton, in the county of Lawrence and State of Ohio, have jointly invented a new and Improved Oar-Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

car-couplings in which links are employed in connection with draw-heads having sunken beds for the links to rest in and raised hooks for the links to hold by, and in Which the draft is transmitted from the drawhead to the car through a tension-rod secured to an anchor-plate, and having a baffling-spring sur rounding it, and the object of our invention is to provide a car-coupling which can be put 2o in readiness forl Coupling when the oars are apart, and which will couple automatically Whenthe drawheads strike on bringing the cars together. We attain this obj ect by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying y drawings, in Whichg Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation .of the end of a box-car provided With our improved car-coupling, showing the link in position ready for coupling. .Fig 2 is a 3o similar elevation of the ends of two dat cars, showing the link in the position of coupling. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a detached car-coupling, taken at midheight of the draw- Y head. Fig. a is a front vienr of one of our couplinglinks, and Fig. 5 is an edge view of the link in section. v

A is the draw-head. Bis the link-bed in the draw-head. C is the raised hook for coupling by. D is a sunken seat for holding the 4o link in readiness foreonpling. E is an opening in the bottom of linkseat D. F is a hole of square cross-section extending from linkseat D to a mortise-hole, G, of larger crossseetion and open at bottom. H is a circular hole in the end of draw-head A for the tension-rod to pass through. I is the tensionrod. J is a nut screwed onto the end of rod I. L is another nut screwed onto the inner end of the stout part of rod I. M is also a 5o nut screwed on the slender end of rod I. K

ispring. A. S is a handle on the back of link O. T `is a chain for fastening link O to the top of a Our invention relates to improvements in link-bedB is made with its outer ends spread is a collar Welded on rod I. N is an anchorplate secured to the car, and having a hole througlrit for rod l to pass through. O is the couplingdink. l? is the car. Q, is a buffrng- R isa' cleat on bottom of draw-head 55 box'car. U is a bracket on the car to .hold

:link O when not in use.

The draw-head A is cast all together. The 6o apart and rounded to allow the link some lat- .eral play Without straining it, and its bottom ishollowed out in front of hook C and at the outer ends ofthe bed to allow the link to adjust itself to differences of level between the cars it is coupling. 'freed from corners to allow link O to pass Aover it easily, and it is undercut to give the Seat D is nfiade With slant- 7o ing top and bottoni, and of the size and shape `ofthe end oflink O, so that it will hold link LO, when placed in it, out over hook C at an 'langle of about forty-live degrees. ing E is made in the bottom -of link-seat D to Hook (lis rounded and link a good hold.

allenr dust and dirt to fall through and not fill up the seat. Hole F is made of square crosssection, so that nut M, which is also of square cross-section and of nearly the saine diameter, cannot turn in it. The hole G is made of So larger diameter than hole F, so that the large nutL cannot pass into hole F. Itis also made of square crosssection, so that nut L, which is also square and of nearly the saine diameter, cannot turn in it. It is made as long as nutL S5 and link-seat D, so that when nut L is at its inner end nut M will be at the inner end of linkseat D, and when nut L is at its other end nut M Will be at the outer end of link-seat D. It is made open at bottom, so that nut M can be 9o passed through it into hole F, and nut L can y be put into it when putting the parts together. Rod I is made of Wroughtiron or steel, the tension part from J to L being of about an inch and a half in diameter, and the extension part from L to M being of about an inch in diameter, so that the extension part can be easily introducedinto hole F. The collar K is Welded on near the end of rod l, leaving enough rod to pass through plate N and nut J. Screw roc threads are cut on rod I, to receive the screwnuts J L M, the nuts J and L being on the ends of the stout tension part and nut M being on the slender end. Spring Q is of any kind in common use, and is xed on rod I in the usual way. Plate Nis of the usual construction, and both it and the draw-head are fastened on the cars in the usual way. Link O has one end straight and beveled to t seat D, and has a handle, S, formed on its back.

To put the parts of this coupling together, put rod I through spring Q until the spring rests on collar K. Then put nut M through hole G into hole F, and hold nut L inside hole G opposite hole I-I. Then put the slender end of rod I through hole H and nut L and enter nut M, so as to catch the screw. Then shove rod I and nut M into hole F until the screwthread on the inner end of the stout part enters nut L. Then, by turning rod I, screw on nuts L and M until each is iush with the end of the part it is on. Then pass the outer end of rod I through the hole in plate N, and secure plate N and draw-head A to the car. Then'screw on nut J, and the coupling is together, ready for use. When the coupling is all together and ready for use,spring Q, resting against collar K and plate N, presses drawhead A out until its end is caught and held by nut L. Then nut M is in hole F, as shown in Fig. l, and to prepare for coupling, link Ois placed in4 seat D, as shown also in Fig. 1, where it held out over hook C at an angle of about forty-ve degrees.A

To couple two cars together, they are brought together so that their draw-heads strike, when the bufng-spring Q is compressed, the drawhead A is forced in upon rod I, so that nut M is forced into seat D, and link O is projected out of theseat, so that it falls over hooks C C, Fig. 2, and so couples the cars. To uncouple two cars from a ilat car, link O is grasped by handle S and is lifted off the hooks C and C by hand;r but to uneouple box-cars, the link O is drawn oil the hooks C C by-ineans of a chain, T, fastened to the top of the car. In neither case is it necessary to go between the cars either to couple or to uncouple them. The link belonging to the coupling is hung upon a bracket, U, on the end of the car when not in use.

Draw -heads with sunken linkbeds and raised coupling-hooks have long been in use in combination with tension -rods, anchorplates, and buffing-springs. We therefore do not claim them or their combinations, broadly, as our invention; but

We do claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent.-

l. The improved draw-head A, having its link-bed B, its coupling-hook C, link-seat D, opening E, and Vholes F and G, formed, constructed, and arranged in the manner and for the purposes herein substantially specified.

2. The yimproved tension-rod I, having the extension part from L tol M, and provided with the collar K and nuts J, L, and M, when it and its parts are formed, constructed, and arranged in the manner and for .the purpose herein substantially specified.

3. The improved draw-head A, in combination with -the improved tension-rod I, having collar K and nuts J, L, and M, and the anchor- `plate N, buffing-spring Q, and link O, when Vall are constructed and combined in the manner and for the purpose herein substantially specified.

sILAs H. WEEKS. JOSEPH J. HAsENAUEE.

Witnesses:

ALBERT CAMPBELL, J EREMIAH BRUCE. 

